Correlations between Lead and Coronene Concentrations at Urban, Suburban, and Industrial Sites in New Jersey

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-1981

Abstract

Concentrations of lead and selected polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons have been monitored at four New Jersey sites which can be characterized as urban, suburban, or industrial. A correlation between lead and coronene concentrations reported for sites in Los Angeles has been investigated for the New Jersey locations. The lead-coronene correlation is verified only for a location at which motor-vehicle traffic is the overwhelming contributor to the airborne particulate load. One reason for the dichotomy between the published Los Angeles study and the present study is the significant dependence upon oil combustion for space heating in the Northeast in contrast to primary dependence on natural gas in Los Angeles. © 1981, American Chemical Society. All rights reserved.

Identifier

0019517589 (Scopus)

Publication Title

Environmental Science and Technology

External Full Text Location

https://doi.org/10.1021/es00087a007

e-ISSN

15205851

ISSN

0013936X

First Page

566

Last Page

570

Issue

5

Volume

15

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